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Bob Collins has been with Minnesota Public Radio since 1992, emigrating to Minnesota from Massachusetts. He was senior editor of news in the ’90s, ran MPR’s political unit, created the MPR News regional website, invented the popular Select A Candidate, started several blogs, and every day laments that his Minnesota Fantasy Legislature project never caught on.

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Brian’s misremembering amounts to a drop in the bucket of the people who forget what a disaster the war was and continues to be. He wouldn’t have had the opportunity to embellish the story if he wasn’t there in the first place. Maybe he should remind his viewers of that fact too.

Gary F

“misremembering” wow

RF Jim

Classic Bushism

Nick K

“Misremember” is an acceptable construct in English. It is a verb which means to remember imperfectly.

We all want newscasters, reporters and others in their profession to tell us the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Unfortunately, reporters have far too often embellished the truth in the last 10 years whether it be print, radio or TV.

Brian Williams would have been better off saying “I made a mistake and embellished the truth, something no reputable reporter should ever do and I take full responsibility for my actions.” A statement along those lines would have served him better and spared him a lot of unnecessary fallout.

I like Brian Williams and this “mistake” does bring him down the ladder a few rungs for me.

This misstep might just cost him his job. The network didn’t fire Nancy Snyderman for her “faux pas” during the Ebola panic.

Only NBC can make the decision whether he stays or goes.

Jeff

Walter never embellished the truth. He can’t be an anchor without credibility, but he still can be a talk show host.

DocRoss

That’s just not the sort of thing one mis-remembers. It’s the sort of thing one lies about, gets caught in, and resigns over, if one is honorable.

Anna

Agree completely. Let’s see how honorable NBC and Brian Williams are.

Gary F

The mainstream media is trying to cover for him now. The Katrina lies are now catching up with him. What else has he been lying about? But, Brian is too big to fail. The establishment media will cover for him.